I gotta say this-Not happy Rachel has had ZERO coverage on her show of the Trayvon Martin killing

[Boxerfan]

I mean I kinda expected Tweety to be clue-less. He is but he does have his good moments.

Eddie & Rev. Al have done an excellent job...

LoDo is slaying the rest of the media wholesale-this is how you do it folks!

Rachel???....Crickets...I have hope she'll stop the book pimping to cover tonight- but I'm not holding my breath.

[Justice wanted]

1. I was completely shocked by that as well.

[mikelgb]

15. I'm completely shocked that you obviously don't watch her show.

See reply with links to clips below.

[Scuba]

2. It's not the only story in the news, and there's plenty of coverage of it. Good for her to cover...

... other stuff.

[rfranklin]

3. Why does it have to be wall to wall on MSNBC?

As you mentioned, others are doing a good job.

[zappaman]

4. Well, at least we have 16,843 threads about it here... n/t

[trumad]

5. Really?

24x7 non-stop about Trayvon and Zimmerman---and you want more?

Ugg--- no fuck that---double fucking ugg!

[virgogal]

19. + 1

[madinmaryland]

35. Yeah. Half the posts in GD are about Zimmerman.

[montanacowboy]

6. It seems they have an agreement what Big Eddie and Rev Al

cover, Rachel does some other coverage of current politics, and then Lawrence picks it up at the end of the day.

[Raine]

17. I've noticed that too, they kind of divide the topics so

there isn't "over kill" of any one thing.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. That's not the only important story out there.

It's getting a lot of coverage on other shows; maybe MSNBC decided it would be a good idea for one of their talking heads to cover some other important items as well.

[southernyankeebelle]

8. What do you need to know from her that has been nonstop from all the others. Maybe she is

worried about other issues in the news on a national level. I think Al, Chris, Ed and Lawrence have done a great job. I think they are keeping us up to date. This has been nonstop coverage. But I do feel the family need to have the day.

[arcane1]

9. What more is there to cover?

Like you said, everyone else on the network is doing it, why not have someone covering the other millions of things currently happening?

[CTyankee]

37. well, I wonder too if we have enough or more than we need of the case. I am not sure.

I think Rachel would be on it if she felt there wasn't enough coverage. But I see that she is also promoting her book, so that is a bias right there.

Well enough. I am sure her book is in a wonderful liberal tradition that I, for one, would like to read.

However, if there is anything tht has not been covered on the Martin case, it should be covered.

Period. The end.

[Spazito]

10. I think it works well...

given her show is bookended by Ed Schultz before and Lawrence O'Donnell after, both of whom have given extensive coverage of the Trayvon Martin killing. She would, for the most part, only reiterating what is said before her show or will be said after.

[madaboutharry]

12. I think you make a good point.

It seems almost as if it fell to her to get in all the other news and issues.

[ellisonz]

11. That's not true.

Rachel Maddow:

March 26 - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#46863014
March 23 - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#46841305
March 22 - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#46830302

Her producers and MSNBC may have decided to not spend wall-to-wall hour long coverage on it because Al, Ed, and Lawrence have covered it so heavily.

Also, Christ Matthews:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/#46873774
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/#46861605

[mikelgb]

13. Thank you just logged in to post this.

no need now

[ellisonz]

18. And I only went a week back...

...and I guess you can't access past days of Hardball.

Glad to preempt you!

[pinboy3niner]

25. Good job once again. ellisonz

I'll take facts over impressions any day.

[WillyT]

14. Um... Not Really...

Link: http://tinyurl.com/6ox43do

[mikelgb]

16. I gotta say this-Not happy that you didn't even do a simple google search before you posted this bs.

If you actually watched her show you might know that it's bs too.

[slampoet]

20. Sorry but you're full of crap. i recall seeing TWO stories about it on March 23-6

[Boxerfan]

23. I watched every night this week...Been sick.Now maybe I took a break or had a snack...

But I didn't recall any coverage as the story has grown exponentially(IMHO).


If I'm wrong I'll accept it . And wall to wall coverage is not needed. But she is in the process of book pimping & more power to her. Just thought she'd see what a lot of America see's-A very important story that is not going away.

[Bohunk68]

41. Aha,

So, actually, your real problem is what you regard as her "book-pimping".. It's not about the wall-to-wall coverage that is going on with all the other MSNBC talking heads. Repeating each other's stuff ad nauseum and ad infinitum. Be honest about what you are upset about.

[mucifer]

21. She did a great interview regarding the unjust sentencing of minors in the USA

earlier this week. She brings in more of the big picture. There is a lot of injustice out there.

[Gold Metal Flake]

22. Just more standard progressive media bashing. Move along, move along...

[bigwillq]

24. I think she's busy doing a story on the three black kids

that were murdered in my hometown. Their killers are still on the loose.

[RebelOne]

26. Jennifer Granholm has covered it on The War Room.

So has Jane Velez-Mitchell on HLN.

[MrSlayer]

27. How much more of it do we need to see?

It's wall to wall on all the other shows, repeating the same points over and over. Frankly, it's nice to get a break.

[Carla in Sequim]

28. I'm glad Treyvon's murder is getting

all the news coverage it deserves. Justice will be done. But if one of msnbc's shows is educating us on other issues as well, clueless is not a word that applies, especially to Rachel Maddow.

I won't even fan the flames by saying her show is better, but it is different. Her credentials and depth of knowledge makes her show a treasure. The issues she chooses to research are ones you will find nowhere else. I've learned so much.

Her wit and intelligence is a breath of fresh air so instead of holding yours, why don't you just appreciate it.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

29. MSNBC is doing a good job of covering

multiple news stories all of great importance. Rachael has her strengths and they
are better exploited with the stories she's covering. I thought her interview with
Dan Rather was remarkable last night. She will take a complicated issue and break
it down getting into the nitty gritty details while keeping you glued to the TV.

Lawrence on the other hand is like a prosecutor and his coverage of Trayvon's murder
has been brilliant.

MSNBC and CURRENT are my two go to networks. CNN is impossible to watch anymore.
That Erin Burnett (sp) was the last straw. I just want to slap her.

[EC]

30. She has covered it.

She makes the ties to other subjects like SYG law =ALEC =Koch that the others don't cover. Melissa Harris Perry did that too, tying it to equal rights.

[Cleita]

31. Actually, she has. She just hasn't covered it as much as her

co-hosts have because she's been covering some really astonishing stuff no one else is talking about. Her blog has what she has covered if you want to double check.

[jberryhill]

32. I'm not happy that people post misinformation like this in GD

But, whatcha gonna do?

[malaise]

33. Clearly you're not writing about Rachel Maddow n/t

[madinmaryland]

34. WTF? Rachel doesn't come on until 9:00pm EDT. three hours after you posted this?

[yardwork]

36. Second time I've wished I could unrec on DU3. Consider editing your post.

This kind of misinformation about a strong female liberal journalist is not helpful.

[Honeycombe8]

38. It's getting covered for HOURS every eve on MSNBC from Hardball thru O'Donnell....

Every show is covering the same thing. Maybe there should be at least one show that covers something else.

[JI7]

39. This is NOT TRUE , she may not be covering it as much as some others, but she does report on it

[Gold Metal Flake]

40. You posted a lie three hours ago, got exposed and have not edited?

Damn, you are a bold one.

[jillan]

42. Rachel wasn't even there tonite. Chris Hayes covered for her and did talk about it.

It wasn't the opening story, but he did a whole segment on it.

I had to check the date you posted this because I just got done watching.

[madinmaryland]

43. And yet LO spends the first half hour of his show going over it.

Enough already!